Nokia and WWF

Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 01:31 CET - Comments: 0

F ollowing the initial three years of cooperation Nokia and WWF will continue working together to drive environmental awareness of Nokia employees and to find new ways to enhance Nokia's environmental performance and support WWF's nature conservation goals. The new contract has been signed for an additional three years.

 

Nokia and WWF - Energy issues & Recycling

Nokia's current environmental focus areas are energy issues, substance management and take back & recycling. WWF will support Nokia in this work over the coming three years, with environmental awareness building of Nokia employees remaining a key role. Nokia will also pilot WWF's One Planet Business concept, which aims to reduce companies' environmental impact.

 

Nokia and WWF - Web based learning platform

Both organisations praised the relationship as a chance to learn from each other when looking at how to help create a more sustainable future. Activities such as the internal web-based learning platform Connect to Protect, management training workshops on business cases with an environmental focus and stakeholder seminars have helped increase environmental awareness among Nokia employees.

 

Nokia and WWF - Environmental performance

"Nokia has shown a real willingness to work hand-in-hand on environmentally sound business practices. We look forward to working together to improve specific aspects of Nokia's environmental performance with enthusiastic staff who have benefited from the Connect to Protect learning portal and workshops for the past three years," said Paul Steele, Chief Operating Officer of WWF International.

 

Nokia and WWF - Business priority

"Understanding and reducing the environmental impact of our activities is a top business priority. The partnership with WWF has given us invaluable support in managing issues and in building environmental awareness, helping us to ensure that environmental issues are everybody's business", says Veli Sundbäck, Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations and Responsibility, Nokia.